The Best Episodes Directed By Michael Truman
Every TV Episode Directed by Michael Truman Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Michael Truman Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Michael Truman is "The Covetous Headsman", rated 7/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Leslie Charteris". "The Covetous Headsman" aired on 10/25/1962 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Girl Who Liked GI's".
7.0/10 1 votes#1 - The Covetous Headsman
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1962
A girl going to see her brother discovers him murdered.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Leslie Charteris
7.0/10 1 votes#2 - The Girl Who Liked GI's
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/15/1961
Drake is assigned to investigate the murder of a young G.I. in Munich. He was last seen in the company of a young German girl, Vicki. Was she involved in the plot? Drake, posing as an American soldier, must find the answer.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#3 - The Conspirators
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/5/1961
John Drake's assignment takes him to a small island off the coast of Brittany. He must protect Lady Lindsay, widow of a British diplomat, and her two young sons, from two killers.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#4 - The Gallows Tree
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/9/1961
John Drake travels to the Scottish Highlands when the fingerprints of a stolen car belong to a master spy believed to have been killed ten years earlier.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Marc Brandel
7.0/10 1 votes#5 - The Actor
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 6/11/1961
Drake travels to Hong Kong to investigate the murder of a sound technician working for a radio station. He uncovers a plot where the secret information is being sent out in code over the air, transmitted as part of the station's English lessons.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Marc Brandel
7.0/10 1 votes#6 - The Professionals
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/1964
Drake is targeted by a Czech spymaster who uses a beautiful young woman to ensnare his enemies.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Wilfred Greatorex
7.0/10 1 votes#7 - Don't Nail Him Yet
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/1964
Drake poses as a put-upon schoolteacher to win the confidence of a suspected spy.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#8 - It's Up to the Lady
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/23/1965
Drake follows a couple on the run to Greece to prevent them from defecting.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#9 - The Mirror's New
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/1965
A British diplomat in Paris goes missing for a day, but can't seem to remember what happened.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#10 - The Black Book
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1965
Drake goes undercover to discover who is blackmailing a general's brother.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#11 - The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1965
Drake must free a captured British spymaster before he sellls his secrets.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#12 - Someone is Liable to Get Hurt
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1966
A mysterious woman, an ancient prison cell and a gun-runner - a recipe for disaster.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 1 votes#13 - Koroshi
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1968
A young Japanese woman dies by inhaling gas from an artificial flower before she can report the existence of a Japanese death cult to her British contact. Drake infiltrates the cult as a journalist reporting on a floral festival.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Norman Hudis
6.0/10 1 votes#14 - Shinda Shima
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/1968
Drake infiltrates the killers' headquarters by taking the place of a British electronics expert hired by the Sect.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Norman Hudis
5.8/10 2 votes#15 - The Talented Husband
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1962
Simon encounters a man whose first two wives died mysteriously.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Jack Sanders